Crew chief Richard Marroni looks out as the Huey helicopter approaches Triple LLL Truck Repair on Saturday. Be sure to watch the video to see the flight in action. Photo by Adam B. Smith

By Adam B. Smith

More than 50 veterans received the opportunity on Saturday, July 25, to go up in a helicopter and see not another battlefield, but the familiar sites of Wabash.

Triple LLL Truck Repair hosted “Honoring Our Heroes,” its second event honoring past and present members of the U.S. armed forces. The local business teamed up with the Peru-based, non-profit organization American Huey 369 to bring two helicopters to the event.

Ryan Long, owner of Triple LLL Truck Repair, said he wanted to host the event to remind people to be grateful for the sacrifices service members make on behalf of their country.

The Northfield varsity baseball team evened their season record to 3-3 Saturday with a double-header sweep over Marion.

The Norse rode the back of Shane Vigar in game one who was the winning pitcher striking out 13, while going 4 for 4 at the plate.

In game one, the Norse jumped on Marion in the first inning. Adam Roser led off with a single and was followed with a single from Brad Bever. Roser and Bever would then pull off a double steal with Roser scoring on a steal. Drake Richter then drove home Bever and the Norse led 2-0 after one.

In the bottom of the third, the Norse would tack on two more runs. Vigar started the inning with a single and was drove home on a Remington Monce double. Bryce Kendall was then hit by a pitch and followed by a Nate Hembree bunt single. With the bases loaded, Monce was picked off third but Joseph Mitchell loaded them back up with a single. Kendall would score on a wild pitch and the Norse led 4-0.

Marion would pick up a run in the fourth, and it was 4-1 in the fifth when the Norse struck again. Bryce Kendall started the inning with a double, but was thrown out at third. Nate Hembree then singled and was followed by a Mitchell walk. Both runners would advance a base on a wild pitch when Brown singled scoring Hembree and Mitchell to lead 6-1.

Northfield would get one more insurance run in the 6th. Drake Richter walked and stole second. Shane Vigar would single home Richter as the Norse took game one 7-1.

The Norse jumped out to a 1-0 lead in the first in game two thanks to Brad Bever. Bever struck out swinging, but on a dropped third strike made it safely to first. Bever then stole second and third, then stole home on a passed ball to put Northfield up.

The game would go a little stagnant for the Norse the next five innings as they couldn’t get any momentum going and led 1-0 when the Giants made some noise. Marion, who hadn’t touched pitcher Nate Hembree most of the game, finally found some gaps to plate two runs and led the Norse 2-1 heading to the bottom of the 6th. The 2 runs by the Giants woke up a sleeping Giant in the bottom as Adam Roser led off with a walk. With one out Drake Richter hit a chopper to short, beating it out. Shane Vigar then singled to load the bases when Roser scored on a passed ball. Remington Monce then doubled home Richter and Vigar to go up 4-2, but the Norse were not done. With two outs Nate Hembree dropped one in right field to bring home Monce and the Norse led 5-2 heading to the 7th.

As it had been most of the game, Hembree dominated on the mound striking out the side to complete the sweep.

Posted on 2014 Apr 22

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Grandstaff remembered for contributions to community

Ken Grandstaff

By Joseph Slacian

Throughout his life, Ken Grandstaff has always been interested in people.

“I probably got to first know Ken when I was his paperboy,” his longtime business partner Steve Hentgen said. “I got my paper route in about 1965 or 1966, when I was 10 or 11 years old, and Ken was one of my stops.”

Unlike other homes along the route, Hentgen said that he never could just deliver the paper to Grandstaff’s Roann home and then continue along the route.

“With Ken you didn’t do that,” Hentgen said. “He’d ask me about my day, or anything pertaining to my life. And I, of course, was interested in what he was doing.”

A mosquito in Wabash County has tested positive for West Nile virus, according to the Indiana State Department of Health (ISDH).

The first positive mosquito was reported during the week of June 26 and is the earliest finding of West Nile virus in the county within the past eight years, according to data provided by Ken Severson, ISDH representative.

“Yes, this is the earliest on record for (positive mosquitoes),” Severson wrote to The Paper of Wabash County in an email. “However, there is nothing that can be deduced from that . We have had positives as early as May in some parts of the state over the years. Now that we have found in (in Wabash County) this year, people need to be more careful.”

Local family collects supplies to aid Kentucky city; Brandt’s Harley-Davidson to host rally for cause

More than 60 homes were destroyed in the flooding of Paintsville, Ky., on July 15. Natasha Collins, a Wabash resident collecting donations to help the southern city, said that she knew she had to help the moment she saw photos of families pulling pictures, clothes and “their favorite coffee cup” from the wreckage. Photo provided

On July 15, floodwaters rose in Paintsville, claiming several lives, affecting at least 1000 residents, damaging 150 homes and destroying at least 60 homes, according to Mrs. Collins.

Collins, who was born and raised in the Kentucky city, said that his wife initiated the idea of helping out his hometown with donations that “can help these families rebuild as well as function on a daily basis. Things like toilet paper, tooth brushes, socks, diapers, and formula.”